Judge Birss QC ruled upon the all important issue of costs in Beechwood House Publishing Ltd (t/a Binleys) v Guardian Products Ltd and another [2012] EWPCC 8 (“Beechwood”). The main action concerned infringement of database right. As a result of seed data in its database, Beechwood discovered that the Defendants…
Welcome to the fourth part of our “reasons to register a trade mark”. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are all available on the blog, so make sure you catch up with those. So, part 4… “How can I make money from my trade mark?” is often the first…
This post is part three of our ‘Reasons to register your trade mark’ blog series, and follows posts discussing exclusive rights and registration in different jurisdictions. You must have seen the ™ or the ® symbol used in connection with brand names and slogans in advertising or on websites. These are used…
Before making an application for a registered trade mark you will need to decide where you need to apply for a registration. Trade marks are jurisdictional and therefore a registration will only cover the area in which you have applied so if you have a UK trade mark…
Waterfront was instructed by Ningbo Wentai Sports Equipment Co Ltd (“Ningbo”). Ningbo is a Chinese entity involved in the manufacture of “One-Click” golf trolleys sold in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Jonathan Wang had obtained patents in China and the UK which covered Ningbo’s “One-Click” products. However, Ningbo contended…
Why should you register a trade mark? What are the benefits? What happens if you don’t register a name or a mark/logo that you have been using for some time and somebody else uses it? And what if that party proceeds to have it registered as a trade…
Since our last blog on Monday ( https://waterfront.law/ip-day-twevent-dame-vivienne-westwood-visionary-innovator ) there have been some interesting developments reported in this case. On Tuesday, Judge Birss QC handed down his judgment in relation to his decision on the contempt of court application made by Dame Vivienne (Westwood v Knight [2012] EWPCC 14…
Sir James Dyson is the very definition of a visionary innovator. He saw that the conventional wisdom just wasn’t good enough and his Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of “cyclonic separation”, created a paradigm shift in vacuum technology. He has since repeated this feat in relation to fans…